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	An Archive of Despair - washingtonpost.com
		Eskander walked away from his desk, where he keeps shards from mortar bombs as souvenirs, his eyes inspecting the glass bookcases.
		Eskander, 44, is slim and firm, with a long, angled face, short, wavy hair peppered with gray flecks, and round glasses.
		Eskander walked downstairs, through a cacophony of hammers and saws of workmen renovating rooms, past children playing, until he entered the archive on the bottom floor.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040602196_pf.html (1896 words)

	Bellaire
		Eskander advised that the Church had a long-term lease (i.e., 15 years) with Reliant Energy to utilize an easement connected to the Church’s property that would allow for an additional 65 parking spaces.
		Eskander was uncertain as to whether the Fire Marshal had discerned the exact number of occupants, but noted that the Fire Marshal had reviewed the Church’s plans.
		A: Awad Eskander advised that lighting poles would be mounted in the center of the parking lot rather than along the edge of the parking lot in order to accommodate their neighbors.
	www.ci.bellaire.tx.us /Archive.asp?ADID=291 (7387 words)

	ALA \| American Libraries -
		Librarians and cultural organizations around the world had voiced outrage over the looting and burning that occurred after the takeover, and Eskander was determined to play a role in the recovery and the establishment of a democratic government.
		Saad Eskander: Before returning to Baghdad I knew that a number of cultural institutions were burned and looted by different groups for different motives, but I didn’t expect that the Iraq National Library and Archives was the most damaged institution in the whole of the country.
		Note: Saad Eskander is keeping a diary of his life in war-torn Baghdad, and it is being published as a blog by the British Library in London.
	www.ala.org /ala/alonline/selectedarticles/eskanderinterview.cfm (2093 words)

	Saad Eskander on Rebuilding Iraq's National Library \| NOW on the News - PBS
		Eskander, who returned to Iraq after the war started, talks about how a modern, fully-staffed library was able to emerge under his leadership, and the dangerous challenges that remain.
		Eskander was born in Baghdad, but left in 1981 to join the Kurdish Resistance Movement, living for four years in the mountains of Northern Iraq.
		In 1990, Eskander immigrated to Britain where he earned his B.A. in modern history from the University of North London.
	www.pbs.org /now/news/312.html (807 words)

	Library Juice » Saad Eskander
		Eskander tells stories about such things as the kidnapping of one of his librarians, the looting that took place just as the occupation was beginning, and U.S. policy errors in setting up the interim government and how they have increased Iraq’s difficulties presently.
		Eskander has been keeping a diary of his experience at the National Library since last November, and it is being published on the web by the British Library.
		Eskander and his colleagues have sought to preserve, along with probably many of their lives.
	libraryjuicepress.com /blog/?p=228 (724 words)

	History News Network
		But Eskander faults the former director for a different decision: moving the library's rare books and national archives to the basement of the nearby ministry of tourism in the prewar frenzy.
		Eskander says the move meant the books and archives in that basement survived the burning and looting.
		Eskander says the US has committed to placing several library employees in archival restoration programs in the US - but as yet has refused to issue them visas.
	hnn.us /roundup/comments/7981.html (722 words)

	Inside Business - 03/11/2002: Bookmakers in the modern world
		ALAN ESKANDER: For arguments sake, if a guy rings up and has $20,000 at $5 and I sort of only want to keep $15,000 of it then I've got a runner who works out on the ground and I'd say to him, "Listen go have $5,000 back on this horse at $5".
		ALAN ESKANDER: You can't rely on people being at the racetrack 52 weeks of the year and as a consequence for me that is the most important.
		ALAN ESKANDER: The idea is to turn over money because after all that's why you get in the industry - you get in the industry for this adrenaline rush, you get into the industry for this sort of excitement, and this whole approach to it.
	www.abc.net.au /insidebusiness/content/2002/s717448.htm (874 words)

	eskandersponsormau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Eskander is now being sponsored by Pauline and Daily Mewsers, as of November 2005!.
		Eskander was located at ESAF, and was the youngest cat in a large room of 45+ cats, cowering in a corner, and picked on by many of the older cats.
		Eskander now lives with about a dozen other cats, many from the same shelter, in a comfortable room in EMRO’s headquarters, in Mokattam, a suburb in Cairo.
	www.thedailymews.com /articles/eskandersponsormau.htm (1324 words)

	Director of National Library of Iraq Visits (November 2006) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin
		Eskander was particularly interested in research on traditional paper materials because soot still covers some of the books in his library in the aftermath of arson.
		Eskander said that most books in Iraq were currently printed on highly acidic paper that was turning yellow very rapidly, and he was worried about losing the books that had survived the fires and looting that occurred in 2003.
		Eskander concluded his presentation by expressing the hope that the Library of Congress would become a partner in the effort both to save existing collections and to expand the Iraqi National Library's acquisitions.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/0611/iraq.html (969 words)

	Bookie sues Beasley and Eskander - Horse Racing - Sport - theage.com.au
		LEADING rails bookmakers Simon Beasley and Alan Eskander are being sued by fellow bookmaker Kathryn Read over comments allegedly made by the pair at a meeting in Melbourne on October 10 to discuss the workings of the Melbourne Cup call-of-the-card function.
		Read alleged that at the meeting, convened at the Victoria Club, Eskander and Beasley had implied that Read was a puppet or lackey of her uncle, Mark Read, of International All Sports; that Read was a disreputable and unworthy bookmaker; and that reputable bookmakers should not associate with her.
		She alleged that Eskander told the meeting of six bookmakers, Victoria Club president Max Williams and two Racing Victoria Ltd representatives that he would stand down from fielding at the call-of-the-card function if Read was working at the event.
	www.theage.com.au /news/horse-racing/bookie-sues-beasley-and-eskander/2005/10/17/1129401197065.html (330 words)

	If you can't beat 'em, join 'em: Eskander says he'll move to NT if he can't get
		In a move which would cost the Victorian racing industry up to $1 million in lost turnover tax which Eskander pays, the bookmaker said all he wants is "a fair go" from the authorities in Victoria who are stalling the introduction of sports betting from a number of newly licensed bookmakers.
		Standing on the interstate rails ring as a Melbourne bookmaker for a number of years, Eskander was granted a sports betting licence late last year along with a larger-than-expected number of other operators.
		Eskander is at the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions festivities but said on returning to Melbourne on Monday morning he would be applying for a licence in the Northern Territory unless there is a dramatic about face from the Victorian authorities.
	www.smh.com.au /news/horseracing/if-you-cant-beat-em-join-em-eskander-says-hell-move-to-nt-ifhe-cant-get-started/2006/01/13/1137118973405.html (753 words)

	Bookie held captive by gunmen \| Vic \| The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mr Eskander said he assumed they had thought he would have a bag full of money to take to the Cox Plate, but that was not the way he operated.
		Mr Eskander was too shaken to attend the Cox Plate yesterday - the first time he has missed the event for 36 years.
		Mr Eskander said he was concerned for the safety of his bookmaker son Alan and bookmaker daughter Lisa.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20664311-5006785,00.html (509 words)

	Victorian Bookmakers Association official web site
		Two of Victoria's biggest young bookmaker's Alan Eskander and Rod Cleary both said Saturday at Flemington was a busy day with several plunges attempted and some landing.
		Eskander said the biggest bet for the day with him was a bet of $20,000 on Legally Bay at $3.50 to win the Brian Crowley Stakes at Randwick.
		At her last start she won the Manikato Stakes for the second year in a row and became the first seven-year-old mare in 59 years to win a Group One race in Australia.
	www.vicbookmakers.com.au /big_crowd.htm (701 words)

	Newsvine - Looted Library, Reborn, Still in Peril (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stacked on the floor in one corner of Eskander's office were several hardback copies of the 40-volume "The Complete Works of Saddam Hussein," with the picture of the former dictator on the cover.
		The library, according to Eskander, lost about a quarter of its rare books collection and more than half its archival records, including documents dating back to the Ottoman and British colonial eras.
		Eskander has hired 39 security guards and armed them with guns and ammunition from the fl market.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2007/04/07/652570-looted-library-reborn-still-in-peril (1061 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Young in the Arab World: Egypt
		Eskander Nabil, 23, is so pressed for time he can hardly speak to me as he has to get back to work - even though it is after 1900.
		Eskander studied commerce at Ein Shams university in Cairo, but that and countless training courses in IT have not led to a satisfactory job.
		Eskander hasn't given up and spends every waking hour on the internet looking for a better job anywhere in the world - including Iraq.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/middle_east/4226201.stm (901 words)

	Eskander
		Eskander conta que un amigo que traballa nos Arquivos Nacionais do Reino Unido suxeriulle que escribira un diario para a web dun arquivista.
		Inclúe material que comeza a mediados de novembro de 2006, xusto antes de que Eskander decidira pechar a súa biblioteca ó longo de tres semanas, tras unha terrorífica serie de bombardeos, tiroteos e ameazas.
		No xaneiro pasado, Eskander publicou un gráfico sobre o impacto da violencia sectaria sobre os seus traballadores soamente no mes de decembro: incluía catro asasinatos e dous secuestros de empregados, 66 mortes de familiares de empregados, 58 ameazas de morte e 51 substitucións.
	www.centroculturalporrino.com /BIBLIOTECA/escritores/eskander.htm (452 words)

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		But, asked to name his biggest headaches as director of Iraq's National Library, Eskander's response is not one you would expect from a typical librarian: snipers and car bombs.
		Eskander blamed professional thieves working for overseas collectors for the loss of unique books, among them a treatise written about 1,000 years ago by Ibn Sina, an Islamic thinker whose works were studied for centuries at European universities.
		The library building has since been renovated, but Eskander said the looting of its collection was a disaster not only for its record of Iraq's past but also for the future of a country gripped by sectarian and ethnic strife.
	today.reuters.com /news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=IBO544008 (754 words)

	Dr Alex Eskander pioneers a bespoke service for women seeking quick, sympathetic confidential, gynaecological advice ...
		She continues: 'After a history of painful abdominal surgery where the procedure was painful and the recovery long, Mr Eskander made the decision to refer me to another surgeon who could perform key hole surgery, a less complicated and intrusive procedure.
		Eskander presented a paper on this technique at the World FIGO Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Copenhagen.
		Eskander has many years experience in Assisted Conception and IVF as well as colposcopy for investigation of abnormal cervical smears and treatment by laser or loop diathermy.
	www.pr-inside.com /dr-alex-eskander-pioneers-a-bespoke-service-for-women-seeking-quick-sympathetic-confidential-gynaecological-advice-r21407.htm (687 words)

	Guardian \| Iraq's library struggles to rise from the ashes
		Saad Eskander steps away from his desk in a small office in a building beside the library, and walks over to the tall metal safe in the corner to bring out one of his finds.
		Mr Eskander leads the way into a large room in the main building of the library, where a dozen women surrounded by gas heaters are poring over records, many in English, trying to gauge their importance.
		Most are from a collection of older interior ministry records stretching back to 1920, which were hidden in rice bags in the basement and survived the fires unaffected.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5090024-103550,00.html (926 words)

	No Gold And No Mummies - In The Valley Of The Golden Mummies
		Dr Nasri Eskander, the Director of Research and Restoration Department of Egyptian Antiquities, announced that the mummies found in Bahariya Oasis were not discovered in 1999 as it is believed, but in 1991.
		However, Dr. Nasri Eskander has shown that, not only the Bahariya remains were discovered 8 years earlier, but also they were neither golden nor even mummies.
		Eskander told me that he personally took part in the work at Bahariya tombs, when it was accidentally discovered in 1991.
	www.rense.com /general10/nogold.htm (884 words)

	BAGHDAD
		Eskander cried as he unlocked the gate and rushed inside, checking the doors and finding all of them locked.
		Sadd Eskander kissed a portrait of the Virgin Mary as he unlocked the door and pushed it open.
		DeCamp said he would eventually arrange for the Eskanders to move back home, but for the night, they should take what they need back to the uncle's house, on the other side of Baghdad.
	www.loveoffering.com /miracleinbaghdad.htm (670 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 51 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Receiving no news of his son, worried Eskander Ali tried to contact him over his cell phone but failed to get any response.
		Eskander filed a General Diary (GD) with Ramna police station on February 16, 2002, and filed a case against six people Shah Alam, his wife Hasi, Faruq, Panna, Masud and Kalam on February 23, 2002.
		But they came out within two months, Eskander said, and told him over phone to take back his son after paying a ransom.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/07/17/d30717060454.htm (309 words)

	Bookie held captive by gunmen \| NEWS.com.au
		Mr Eskander said he assumed they had thought he would have a bag full of money to take to the Cox Plate, but that was not the way he operated.
		Mr Eskander was too shaken to attend the Cox Plate yesterday - the first time he has missed the event for 36 years.
		Mr Eskander said he was concerned for the safety of his bookmaker son Alan and bookmaker daughter Lisa.
	www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,20664311-2,00.html?from=rss (571 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Senior Learns To Serve Community
		But this time, things were different, and, to Eskander’s surprise, she and John developed a better relationship.
		While Eskander was surprised by John’s development in her class, those who know her wouldn’t be.
		Eskander has performed in the Kuumba singing group for four years and served on its 10-member board for two.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=508026 (807 words)

	Iraq Library Director's Diary Shows "Perilous, Tragic Situation" - 1/12/2007 - Library Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Library has posted the diary of Saad Eskander, director of the Iraq National Library and Archives, noting that it "describes the perilous and tragic situation that the Iraq National Library and Archive is operating under and which led to the institution's temporary closure" at the end of November.
		Eskander's concerns are simply security and survival; what most other librarians consider first-order challenges are, in Iraq, much lower priorities.
		In December, Eskander described how to meet payroll: "My staff received their monthly salaries on Thursday, owing to the bravery of two of my employees, who work at the Accountancy Department.
	www.libraryjournal.com /article/CA6406810.html (383 words)

	Librarian - Web Log - Baghdad - New York Times
		Saad Eskander, the director of Iraq’s National Library and Archive in Baghdad, finally had some time to catch up on his diary after a couple of very busy weeks.
		For a month now, Dr. Eskander’s intermittent diary entries have been appearing on the Web site of the British Library (bl.uk/iraqdiary.html), and they detail the daily hurdles of keeping Iraq’s central library open, preserving the surviving archives and books and, oh yes, staying alive.
		Eskander writes that the week started off quietly: Most of the staff couldn’t get to work because of blockades and military checkpoints.
	www.nytimes.com /2007/02/07/books/07libe.html?ex=1328504400&en=f320bcb5d055d5ee&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (1209 words)

	Diary of Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraq National Library and Archive
		Dr Eskander’s blog provides a vivid and powerful account of the challenges facing professional colleagues in the INLA which has drawn global attention to the seriousness of the situation under which all those seeking to protect Iraq's cultural heritage are operating.
		Dr Eskander has now decided that his diary entry for July 2007 will be the final entry.
		Later in the same year, Chief Executive Lynne Brindley hosted a dinner for Dr Eskander, attended by a number of prominent librarians from the public library and university library sector.
	www.bl.uk /iraqdiary.html (678 words)

	Bookie Eskander robbed at gunpoint
		Mr Eskander, 62, was ambushed, bound and threatened with a handgun during Friday's attack in Kew about 5.35pm (AEST).
		In a statement, Mr Eskander said he was led inside at gunpoint and did exactly what the men demanded.
		Mr Eskander's colleague, Simon Beasley, is another bookmaker who recently fell victim to thieves.
	news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=156529&rss=yes (450 words)

	Iraq's library struggles to rise from the ashes : Mail & Guardian Online
		Eskander has found other rare books from the library for sale in street markets, apparently stolen or dumped during the looting.
		Eskander leads the way into a large room in the main building of the library, where a dozen women surrounded by gas heaters are poring over records, many in English, trying to gauge their importance.
		One woman consults Eskander about a document she has found in English issued on June 26 1925 by King Faisal.
	www.mg.co.za /articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news&articleid=194073 (1089 words)

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